Fábregas 'gets wet' about the possible arrival of Iñaki Peña to Como

This Sunday the match for the Joan Gamper Trophy between FC Barcelona and Como 1907 of Serie A will be played. In this context, in the press conference prior to the match, the coach of the Italian team, Cesc Fàbregas, hinted that any market possibility will be evaluated when asked about Iñaki Peña.

"If there is a market opportunity, it will be seen and analyzed. We will try to do the best for this club. All great players are welcome, especially those who can understand the idea well, such as helping in the ball output and being dominant," he said.

Precisely the '13' of the azulgrana team is known, in addition to having good reflexes, for having a good command of the sphere when leaving from behind.

These words from the 'lariano' team's coach come at a key moment for the native of Alicante, who wants to change teams, after seeing that he will not have minutes in the Catalan team, especially after the arrival of Joan García and the renewal of Wojciech Szczęsny.

Will Como go for Iñaki Peña?

In this context, one thing is what the technical director tells the media and another is what the club cooks in silence in terms of incorporations. Thus, according to the Italian journalist Alfredo Pedullà, Como has started conversations with Barça with the aim of exploring the possible incorporation of Iñaki Peña during the current summer market.

This scenario gains strength after, apparently, the 'larianos' began to set the '13' blaugrana among their priorities, after having the German goalkeeper Kevin Trapp as their main objective.

The lack of formal offers for Iñaki Peña, the main problem for Barça

Although there is talk of a presumed desire of Como to acquire the services of the 26-year-old goalkeeper, his stay at Camp Barça has been extended due to the lack of formal offers to get him out of the Catalan team.

Now it remains to be seen if the Italian team takes the next step to incorporate a goalkeeper who in the 2024/25 season saw action for 1,966 minutes, after Marc-André ter Stegen was injured and while Szczęsny gained competitive rhythm after returning from his retirement.

Iñaki, since he knew the scenario he would go through in his last year of contract as a Barça player, made it clear his desire to explore new horizons to earn a starting position. The Barcelona team would like to get a profit from the goalkeeper, who has a market value of 8 million euros, according to Transfermarkt.

Despite this, at some point the possibility was mentioned that Barcelona would grant him the letter of freedom to speed up his departure, something that has not yet happened. Now it remains to be seen how the clubs understand each other for a possible transfer. Will Como end up taking Iñaki?